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Janet G Alexander

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PubMed2005

Development and implementation of a public health workforce training needs assessment survey in North Carolina.

Assessing the training needs of local public health workers is an important step toward providing appropriate training programs in emergency preparedness and core public health competencies. The North Carolina Public Health Workforce Training Needs Assessment survey was implemented through the collaboration of several organizations, including the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness at the North Carolina Institute for Public Health, the outreach and service unit of the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response in the North Carolina Division of Public Health Epidemiology Section, and local health departments across the state.

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The nursing portfolio: a reflection of a professional.

A nursing portfolio is a means of documenting skills such as communication, creativity, and critical thinking. More important, it reflects professional development, self-evaluation, and achievement of goals. Designing and implementing a portfolio enables traditional nursing students and RNs returning to school to describe their achievements during a specified period of time. For the adult student seeking scholastic or clinical credit for past work or life experiences, the portfolio provides a creative and structured way for this to be obtained without taking a standardized test.

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Promoting, applying, and evaluating problem-based learning in the undergraduate nursing curriculum.

Since its development in the 1960s, problem-based learning (PBL) has become increasingly prominent in nursing education. In 1998, Samford University received a grant from the PEW Charitable Trusts to promote, apply, and evaluate PBL in its undergraduate curriculum over three years. Nursing faculty approached this project with tenacity and enthusiasm. PBL has become integrated into the nursing curriculum in clinical and nonclinical courses. Descriptions of its implementation in specific courses are provided, and its usefulness in nursing education is discussed. Evaluations and test scores indicate that PBL has had a positive effect on the students and exceeded the educational outcomes anticipated by the faculty.

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